The Reivers (1969)DVD VHS | Cast list | | Steve McQueen | as | Boon Hogganbeck | | Sharon Farrell | as | Corrie | | Ruth White | as | Miss Reba | | Michael Constantine | as | Mr. Binford | | Clifton James | as | Butch Lovemaiden | | Juano Hernandez | as | Uncle Possum | | Lonny Chapman | as | Maury | | Will Geer | as | Boss | | Rupert Crosse | as | Ned | | Mitch Vogel | as | Lucius | | Diane Shalet | as | Hannah | | Pat Randall | as | May Ellen | | Diane Ladd | as | Phoebe | | Ellen Geer | as | Sally | | Dub Taylor | as | Dr. Peabody |
| | Crew list: | | Mark Rydell (Director) | | William Faulkner (Writer) | | Harriet Frank Jr. (Writer) |
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Review
An old man looks back 60 years to a road trip from rural Mississippi to Memphis, a horse race, and his own coming of age. Lucius's grandfather gets the first automobile in the area, a bright yellow Winton Flyer. While he's away, the plantation handyman, Boon Hogganbeck, conspires to borrow the car, taking Lucius with him. Stowed away is Ned, a mulatto and Lucius's putative cousin. The three head for Memphis, where Boon's sweetheart works in a whorehouse, where Ned trades the car for a racehorse, and where Lucius discovers the world of adults - from racism and vice to possibilities for honor and courage. Is there redemption for reivers, rascals, and rapscallions? |
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